France 2006: Clio III #1, 207 gearing up

In a market down 3% at 2,000,553 registrations, the Renault Clio III takes the lead at over 134,000 sales and 6.4% of the French market. The Peugeot 307 is 2nd at 4.9%, followed by the Renault Scenic at 4.8%, both slowing down faster than the market.

2006 was the year of the changeover for Peugeot, with the 207 replacing the 206. Launched in April (#9 at 2.5% that month), the 207 established itself within the podium in June (3rd at 5.4%) and reached the first place in November (6.7%), its 8th month of sale. It is 4th overall in 2006 but will fight the Clio for the first place in 2007.

Notice also the 3rd place of the Citroen C3 in August, its best position ever. The C3 is 5th over the whole year at 3.5%. As far as foreign models are concerned, the VW Golf finished 1st at #11, and the VW Touran reached a best ever 11th place in October at 1.7%.

Full Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Pos

Modele

2006

%

/05

2005

%

Pos

1

Renault Clio III

134,001

6.7%

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2

Peugeot 307

97,297

4.9%

-14%

113,484

5.5%

4

3

Renault Scenic

96,041

4.8%

-15%

113,488

5.5%

3

4

Peugeot 207

77,581

3.9%

n/a

433

0.0%

n/a

5

Citroen C3

70,246

3.5%

-11%

79,259

3.8%

5

6

Peugeot 206

65,199

3.3%

-46%

119,907

5.8%

2

7

Renault Mégane

64,624

3.2%

-14%

74,885

3.6%

6

8

Peugeot 407

54,646

2.7%

-20%

68,130

3.3%

7

9

Citroen C4

54,277

2.7%

-15%

63,798

3.1%

8

10

Renault Twingo

38,133

1.9%

-16%

45,594

2.2%

10

11

VW Golf

37,052

1.9%

-11%

41,804

2.0%

11

12

Renault Clio II

35,375

1.8%

-73%

132,382

6.4%

1

13

Citroen Xsara Picasso

35,310

1.8%

-11%

39,623

1.9%

13

14

VW Polo

31,192

1.6%

5%

29,651

1.4%

15

15

Renault Laguna

29,380

1.5%

-27%

40,140

1.9%

12

16

Ford Fiesta

29,294

1.5%

-2%

29,911

1.4%

14

17

Renault Modus

27,855

1.4%

-55%

61,877

3.0%

9

18

Toyota Yaris

27,741

1.4%

11%

24,949

1.2%

19

19

Opel Zafira

26,255

1.3%

9%

24,182

1.2%

22

20

VW Passat

24,184

1.2%

18%

20,468

1.0%

27

21

VW Touran

24,159

1.2%

2%

23,750

1.1%

24

22

Opel Corsa

23,775

1.2%

15%

20,588

1.0%

26

23

Citroen C1

23,474

1.2%

303%

5,831

0.3%

72

24

Ford C-Max

22,595

1.1%

-9%

24,870

1.2%

24

25

Peugeot 107

22,127

1.1%

173%

8,093

0.4%

56

26

Citroen C2

22,059

1.1%

-20%

27,555

1.3%

17

27

Opel Astra

21,606

1.1%

-22%

27,691

1.3%

16

28

Renault Kangoo

21,426

1.1%

-11%

24,192

1.2%

21

29

Citroen C5

21,174

1.1%

-17%

25,521

1.2%

18

30

Fiat Grande Punto

20,037

1.0%

587%

2,916

0.1%

96

31

Opel Meriva

18,782

0.9%

-10%

20,862

1.0%

25

32

Dacia Logan

18,742

0.9%

92%

9,758

0.5%

45

33

Ford Focus

18,051

0.9%

-25%

24,060

1.2%

23

34

Audi A3

17,664

0.9%

0%

17,691

0.9%

33

35

Seat Ibiza

16,993

0.8%

10%

15,445

0.7%

36

36

Citroen Berlingo

16,395

0.8%

-8%

17,872

0.9%

31

37

BMW Serie 3

15,777

0.8%

31%

12,021

0.6%

42

38

Toyota Corolla Verso

15,301

0.8%

12%

13,721

0.7%

38

39

Audi A4

15,256

0.8%

-15%

17,993

0.9%

29

40

Renault Espace

15,164

0.8%

-21%

19,112

0.9%

28

41

Toyota RAV4

13,686

0.7%

8%

12,710

0.6%

40

42

Peugeot 1007

13,686

0.7%

-23%

17,847

0.9%

32

43

Peugeot Partner

12,870

0.6%

-8%

13,977

0.7%

37

44

Mercedes Classe B

12,766

0.6%

118%

5,844

0.3%

71

45

Mercedes Classe A

12,722

0.6%

-25%

16,878

0.8%

34

46

Toyota Aygo

12,381

0.6%

269%

3,356

0.2%

91

47

Fiat Panda

12,357

0.6%

-20%

15,529

0.8%

35

48

Nissan Micra

11,351

0.6%

-37%

17,914

0.9%

30

49

Mercedes Classe C

11,003

0.5%

-17%

13,225

0.6%

39

50

Ford Fusion

10,267

0.5%

7%

9,595

0.5%

46

Note: the 2005 figure for the Renault Clio includes the Clio II and III.